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Call for Papers: "Region, State, Nation, Community: New Research in Scandinavian and Baltic Studies"

The 100th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of
Scandinavian Study (SASS) and the 22nd Conference of the
Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS):"Region, State, Nation, Community:
New Research in Scandinavian and Baltic
Studies" taking place April 22 – 24, 2010 in Seattle,
Washington.

AABS welcomes
papers, panels, and roundtable presentations for the first joint conference of
Scandinavian and Baltic Studies in the United States. The conference aims to
highlight and foster academic inquiry that draws comparisons between Scandinavia
(Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland) and the Baltic states (Estonia,
Latvia, and Lithuania). Papers that examine stateless peoples and those left
outside of the Scandinavian/Baltic approach, but sharing the same geographic
space, are equally welcome. Papers and panels devoted to individual states are
also welcome. Contributions are encouraged from disciplines including (but not
limited to): anthropology, architecture, communication, cultural studies,
demography, economics, education, environment, ethnic relations, film studies,
fine arts, gender studies, geography, history, international relations, law,
linguistics, literature, memory, political science, psychology, public health,
religion, sociology, tourism, and advancing Baltic and Scandinavian studies.
Presentations are not to exceed 20 minutes in length.

Proposals from
Ph.D. students will be considered for a Presidents’ Panel on Scandinavian and
Baltic Studies that recognizes the most accomplished and innovative work of new
scholars.

Paper and panel proposals must include an abstract (no
more than 250 words) and a one to two-page curriculum vitae. Send this
material embedded in the body of an e-mail (no attachments) to Aldis Purs at (aldisp@u.washington.edu) by December
11, 2009. Paper submissions can be mailed to:

Registration information will be available on the
website. All presenters must be SASS or AABS members in good standing. If you
are in need of assistance in finding potential co-panelists from either
Scandinavian studies or Baltic Studies, please contact the conference organizer
(listed above) to help with such networking by November 1, 2009.